Yated: Cultivating Resilience

Shlomit Naim Naor has been an educator for over twenty years with positions at Makom, the educational content unit of the Jewish Agency, and as an advisor to the Jerusalem Education Bureau. A graduate of the Mandel School of Educational Leadership and M²’s Mabat 1, Shlomit’s other work experience includes serving as a Jewish Agency emissary in London and as chair of the Israel Batei Midrash Network. As a prize-winning author of the poetry books “No End in Sight”(2016)and the “Things We Are Not Talking About”(2020), Shlomit strongly believes in creative writing as an impactful tool in experiential education. Shlomit holds a BA in Hebrew literature and philosophy from the Hebrew University, a master’s in creative writing from Ben-Gurion University, and is proud to raise her family in Jerusalem.

Jessica Lott is the Campus Rabbi at Northwestern Hillel. She has worked in the Hillel world for fifteen years - both on campus and at Hillel International - specializing in Jewish education, student engagement, student wellbeing, professional development and curriculum development. She was an M² 18x18 Fellow and focused her work on how we talk with college students about God. Jessica’s interest in stories, how we tell them, and what we learn from hearing and telling them is what led her to the rabbinate. A deep investment in pluralism and the relationship between tradition and innovation led her to a career in Hillel.

Ivy Schreiber is the Managing Director, Professional Learning and Growth at The Jewish Education Project. Her current work focuses on supporting Jewish educators towards adopting new models that lead to thriving and are responsive to today’s learners and families. Prior to The Jewish Education Project, Ivy worked at B’nai Jeshurun (BJ) in NYC for a decade, where she served as the Education Director, and also has experience in Jewish camping and as a consultant to synagogues. Ivy holds an MA in Jewish Education from the Davidson School at JTS, is an alum of the Leadership Institute, and is a Wexner Field Fellow. Ivy lives in Westchester with her husband and three children.